- OE. �rusten�risten�resten, Icel. �r�st� to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat
- To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves.
- To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through.
